Yesterday, 8/15, Klondike Mines #4 arrived in Como, Colorado after a rebuild in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She is being reassembled and will be fired up for operation this Saturday for Boreas Pass Railroad Day. She will operate between the depot and roundhouse. The turntable installation is nearly complete and soon #4 will have a new home.

Klondike Mines No. 4 in Como yesterday. Built as a coal burner remained as such until converted to propane by the Dry Gulch church camp in Oklahoma circa 2010. Burning wood (a free and plentiful source of fuel in Colorado right now) in Como.

Klondike Mines No. 4 in Como yesterday. Built as a coal burner remained as such until converted to propane by the Dry Gulch church camp in Oklahoma circa 2010. Burning wood (a free and plentiful source of fuel in Colorado right now) in Como.

Jason Midyette

I'm surprised there's no visible spark arrestor in the stack if she's now a woodburner.

Wouldn't it be a necessity given the Colorado region has so much trackside vegetation?

Klondike Mines No. 4 in Como yesterday. Built as a coal burner remained as such until converted to propane by the Dry Gulch church camp in Oklahoma circa 2010. Burning wood (a free and plentiful source of fuel in Colorado right now) in Como.

Jason Midyette

I'm surprised there's no visible spark arrestor in the stack if she's now a woodburner.

Wouldn't it be a necessity given the Colorado region has so much trackside vegetation?

A Colorado & Southern straight stack spark arrestor design might be the future answer. In the meantime, they have a motor car I believe and following the steamer with some type of fire suppressant might be the temporary answer.

Recall reading some time ago when she was either moving or changing hands that she had been pretty much stripped and it was uncertain where the parts were? Sound familiar? I take it the parts were all found and accounted for? At the time I read this article it was uncertain. Remember thinking "what a crying shame". So glad to see this one back together and soon to be in operation. Even if only 150 yds right now. Again congratulations to all involved. Regards, John.

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